đò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "do"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 渡 (SV: độ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɔ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con, chiếc) đò • (𦪂)

1. a boat for travel on rivers, especially for sightseeing or getting across to the other bank
   • 2024 January 31, “Căn nhà tranh mái lá [Thatched house]”, performed by Tibicon ft. Deagle and Dub P:

     Ơi cô em lái đò à
     Sao em nỡ làm ngơ
     Anh mang theo tiếng đàn cò
     Văn xuất khẩu thành thơ

     Oh girl rowing the boat
     How can you ignore me
     I brought with me the sound of the storks
     Literature spoken into poetry

See also

Derived terms

• đò ngang
• xe đò